Project Grant FA95502510352
- This federal Project Grant award, totaling $1,032,070.00 and awarded on June 1, 2025, is funded by the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The award supports collaborative research to investigate the role of melanin, a protective pigment, in the interactions between a polyextremotolerant fungus and its photoautotrophic partners, such as algae and cyanobacteria. The research aims to uncover the genetic and metabolic triggers that regulate melanin production...
- This $769,792 Project Grant was awarded on August 15, 2025 by the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Federal Grant Program to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska. The funding will support research to identify and characterize pathogen effector proteins that suppress host plant defenses during early infection by oomycetes and fungi, including the fungal rice destroyer Magnaporthe oryzae. The goal is to clarify the rules for effector evolution,...
- The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $125,000 Project Grant to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to conduct "HIGH-RESOLUTION THZ-EPR/ENDOR-ELLIPSOMETRY ON QUANTUM COMPLEXES IN UWBG SEMICONDUCTORS" research over the period of September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028. The University of Nebraska, a comprehensive research institution, will leverage its multidisciplinary expertise to deliver...
- This $886,000 project grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) is for "Nature-Inspired Ionomer Design and Self-Assembly for Robust, Precise Synthetic Ion Channels" research. The project is being conducted by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, a comprehensive public research university. The research aims to advance fundamental scientific understanding and technological innovation in areas such as...
- This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $2,500,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska. The grant, titled "EMERGENT INTERFACE PHENOMENA ENABLED BY FERROELECTRIC OXIDE THIN FILMS AND MEMBRANES", will fund fundamental scientific research into advanced ferroelectric materials and interface phenomena from August 15, 2025 through August 14, 2026. As a...
- The U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, awarded a $1,602,854 project grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska. The grant, titled "Genome-Wide Identification of Microexons and Their Alternative Splicing to Advance Knowledge on Gene Functions and Regulation in Sorghum Stress Responses," aims to conduct fundamental scientific research on sorghum plant genomics and stress responses. The...
- This $199,900 Project Grant was awarded on February 18, 2025 by the U.S. Department of the Army's Research Development and Engineering Command under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The grant supports fundamental research at the University of Michigan to advance the understanding and development of light-controlled artificial topological materials, which have applications in national security. The research aims to generate innovative scientific discoveries and technological...
- This federal Project Grant award, valued at $225,660.00, was issued on February 1, 2025 by the Department of Defense (DOD) Research Development and Engineering Command under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The grant supports the University of Maryland, College Park in conducting research on "Femtosecond Pulsed Laser for Collective Neural Plasticity Studies" with a planned completion date of January 31, 2026. The research aims to expand fundamental scientific...
- The federal Project Grant award of $1,008,313 was provided by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program. This award supports advanced biomedical research aimed at transforming healthcare for military service members, veterans, and the broader public. The award was granted to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), a prominent academic medical center and research institution, to conduct research on melanoma....
- This federal Project Grant award of $159,007.00 from the Department of Defense's Research Development and Engineering Command is for the "POLARIZATION RESOLVED OPTICAL AND OPTOELECTRONIC CHARACTERIZATION OF MID-INFRARED RESPONSIVE MATERIALS" research project at the University of Southern California. The funding is provided under the Department of Defense's Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431), which supports fundamental research across scientific and technological domains...
This federal Project Grant award of $599,806.00 from the Department of Defense's Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431) was provided to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska for the project "DEPSCOR-RC FY24 DISSECTING MELANIN SYNTHESIS AND REGULATION IN A POLYEXTREMOTOLERANT BLACK FUNGUS". The award will support fundamental research to expand scientific knowledge and technological capabilities related to national security, with a focus on investigating melanin synthesis in an extremotolerant black fungus. The research will be conducted at the University of Nebraska from September 30, 2025 through September 29, 2028. This grant aligns with the program's objectives of funding high-risk, high-payoff ideas in basic science to discover, innovate, and transition new technologies that can enhance military capabilities.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $599.8k | 9/24/25 |